/m/cubs

Reader Comments and Retorts

Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy. Please report any inappropriate comments.

I dunno, Bryant is slumping horribly -- he now has more singles than HRs!!

I see we have a reliever at AAA named Marcus Hatley. He's 26, not a major prospect at this point or probably ever. But he's always K'd a ton of guys. Now in 2012, he K'd 9.5 while walking 4.5; in 2013, he K'd 11 while walking 5.2 .... but this year he's K'd 12 while walking 2. And not giving up HR either. Cub pen is doing pretty well but I think they gotta give this kid a go.

Bryant will be up at some point next year but I see no reason for Baez to come up next year. At this point Alcantara is more likely to be up than Baez and Soler better start playing or he'll fall right off the prospect lists.

Anyway I still don't know what Valbuena is still doing on the team. You're telling me the Angels don't have a B prospect they'd give up for him? Or Atlanta or probably a handful of other teams in contention and struggling at third/second base?

“We see ourselves as a team with a small market payroll and large market plans,” Epstein says. “Once we sign a TV deal and renovate Wrigley, we’re going to have the payroll flexibility to, let’s be honest, do whatever we want. If we can have a collection of very talented players under cost control, we should be as well positioned as anybody.”

Yeah, hopefully it's some secret Theo mojo knowledge that the return on deadline deals optimizes on July 24th. I will say it seems fairly common that deals don't go down until the AS break.

The list of suitors should include ... probably almost any team in baseball, who couldn't use a LH 3B/2B with decent offense and defense as a bench jockey. Adding to your list, Jays, O's, Yanks, Royals, A's, Cards, Giants could all slot him in as a platoon starter tomorrow.

Theo was with Lucchino in Baltimore, San Diego and Boston when those stadiums were built/renovated. Camden is beautiful and the work on Fenway has been stunning to say the least. Cub fans should be hopeful at least for that aspect of it.